The Waste Lands Multiple Choice Test Questions

Book 1, Part 1, Chapters 1-3

1. Upon what books does Stephen King say he based the Dark Tower Series in the Introduction of this novel?(a) Disney's Mary Poppins. (b) J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. (c) Stephen Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. (d) Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara.

2. In her shooting lessons in Chapter 1, what has Susannah forgotten if she aims with her hand?(a) The face of her father. (b) The love of her father. (c) The hand of her father. (d) The support of her father.

3. What sound draws Susannah and Roland away from shooting practice in Chapter 1?(a) Crashing trees. (b) A bomb going off in the distance. (c) Answering gunshots. (d) The approach of a stranger.

4. Who are the Old People?(a) The people who once tortured Susannah. (b) Roland's ancestors. (c) Long gone people who once lived in Roland's world. (d) The people who live in nursing homes throughout Roland's world.

5. Who is Mir?(a) A friend of Roland's. (b) Susannah's husband. (c) The old bear who who lives in the woods where Roland and his friends are camped. (d) A spacestation.